Efficiently turning light into electricity: New research has now shown that certain perovskites in fact do have this desirable property

Perovskites form a group of crystals that have many promising properties for applications in nano-technology. However, one useful property that so far was unobserved in perovskites is so-called carrier multiplication -- an effect that makes materials much more efficient in converting light into electricity. New research has now shown that certain perovskites in fact do have this desirable property.